Food inflation grows at slowest pace in 22 months

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Packets of maize flour on display at a supermarket in Nairobi. PHOTO | BONFACE BOGITA | NMG

Food inflation increased by 6.9 percent, the slowest pace in 22 months in February, pointing to an easing in the cost of living, according to latest data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).

The last time food prices rose by a slower rate, 6.4 percent, was in April 2021, a period when the country was still grappling with a drought that reduced the harvest of critical staples.

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